Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.
You can view the full legal cards list.
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How do I find or brew a decklist?
Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.
The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.
Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere
View the full legal cards list
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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?
To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.
You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.
To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.
Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.
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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.
They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.
Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.
Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.
The next rotation is in 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 150–171 | 46.7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1585 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 41–51 | 44.6 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Soldiers | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Biovisionary | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 7 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 33 | 72–67 | 51.8 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Aristocrats | 32 | 71–63 | 53.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 29 | 65–56 | 53.7 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Pummeler | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 7 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ninjas | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 |